Designing Made Easier - Numerical Patterns
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Final article in the Master Weaver series on designing, describing a method of generating patterns from numerical formulas. A graph-paper grid is filled with colours in a chosen path (the 'movement') using fixed colour proportions such as 6, 3, 4 for dominant, accent and subdominant. Figures compare circular, horizontal and S-shaped movements and different colour ratios. The author notes the method suits free weaves needing many harness frames (chenille rugs, swivel, inlay, pick-up, tapestry, knotted rugs) and discusses whether formula-made designs have any value. The issue page ends with a short 'From the Classics' quotation by C.C. Gilroy (1844) on the pattern drawer's need for imagination and knowledge of geometry.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- September 1957
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
- Archive notes
- PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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